Ergo Science (Ergo Science) Debt-to-EBITDA : 9.64 (As of Sep. 2006)

Ergo Science Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Ergo Science Annual Data
	Trend	Dec96	Dec97	Dec98	Dec99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05
Debt-to-EBITDA		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	-	-	0.29	-0.18

Ergo Science Quarterly Data
	Dec01	Mar02	Jun02	Sep02	Dec02	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	N/A	-	-0.13	9.64

Competitive Comparison of Ergo Science's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Ergo Science's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Ergo Science's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Ergo Science's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ergo Science's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Ergo Science Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Ergo Science's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2005 is calculated as

Ergo Science's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2006) EBITDA data.

Ergo Science  (GREY:ERGN) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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